I figured I would start this blog out with a nice quote by Henry David Thoreau since it has been awhile since I've posted a blog entry. This quote pretty much sums it up - I've been busy absolutely living this incredible life! After Busan I took a few evenings to recuperate from a very busy yet fun-filled weekend. My classes are continuing to go well except I feel as though perhaps some teachers are spread thin being at multiple schools with various grade levels. I'm finding it hard to connect with, understand, and learn more about my 400+ students since I see some of them once a week for only 40min. My classes are very mixed levels and I have a few mentally handicapped students in my classes too. The students seem to be having fun and learn at least something before they leave so that is my general goal every class.
Some pics below of Ben and I having dinner, drinks, and dessert in City Hall!
This past weekend I played night time volleyball till 2:00am! Dan, who is in charge of setting up these volleyball games, picked me up on his motorcycle and drove me there and I caught a ride back with a girl that lives near me so it was hard staying out that late! On another note, this was my first time on a motorcycle and I admit I was rather terrified at first since well...this is Korea and the drivers are absolutely insane! The ride ended up being rather fun and I got a nice tour of Jeju-Si! The volleyball games were a mix of Koreans and foreigners and everybody played at an intermediate level so that was nice. On Saturday I took a bus to visit my friend Kim in Seogwipo (Southern side of the Island). We met up with a few others to go kayaking! Kim and I ended up doing the water bike together since the boys were too tall for the kayaks or bikes. This was pretty tough! There was nothing to steer with but rather we had to work together to either paddle forward or backwards. Needless to say we kept running into others and all the Koreans were laughing at us and trying to help. We had a fun time though! Afterwards we went out for dinner and then I took the bus back since I had to get up early Sunday. On Sunday I went with Amy at 6:00am to Gwakji Beach for a volleyball tournament all day! This was such a fun time and over 100+ people came out for the tourney on the beautiful beach!
The weeks go by VERY fast here it seems. Every weekend I seem to have something planned or run into something fun. I fear the winter season quickly approaching though!
On Friday I attended the Global Festival for some students. I was a volunteer at the festival instead of going to school. This was a nice event and seemed set up so well! There were various tents themed with different countries. Inside each tent were various activities or food being served. EPIK teachers were mostly at the Madagascar tent serving food, making dough molds, or making bracelets with the kids. In the evening, I went out in City Hall with a few TALK program teachers and my friend Ben. We had some tasty flavored beers at a cute bar. There was lemon beer, grapefruit (my favorite) and apple beer.
I also played "I'll put a spell on you" from the movie Hocus Pocus which some of the older students liked. I played what I thought was a very easy and simple Halloween themed game for my 3rd graders and they loved it! It's great to see them excited over such little things.
Also this week two of the Korean teachers at my main school took me out for dinner! It was such a nice treat and we ended up having some great conversations. I also bonded with my principle more in the morning as we take the same bus to work. It was pouring rain! He was all dressed in a suit but didnt have an umbrella. My umbrella is rather small but I ran up next to him and covered us both. We made it to school but we were both still pretty soaked. He was grateful though and we even had lunch together.
This week I have been incorporating Halloween into my lessons and showing short movies to the students. I have shown Shrekless Halloween and Thriller. View the link below if you'd like! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s32RYoJtAk
To end this blog I'd like to leave you with this video. This is one of my 4th grade boys. He is definitely an actor! He was singing some popular Korean song called "Im so sexy". HAHAH!!!
Overall, life on Jeju Island is pretty swell! I'm having the time of my life! I do so much and take so many pictures that I always forget to add some! Hopefully you like the pics though! Thanks Becca & Bryan for the nice card! Thanks for reading :)
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